Monday, December 3, 2018

The Toad Temple Slaughter Continues


Our Land of Azurth 5e campaign continued last night, with the party and their compatriot, Calico Jack the Cat Man, locked in the Toad Temple and in command of the room, after killing a whole lot of cultists, but with an alarm sounded and voice announcing the presence of intruders. Their attempts to find an escape route or at least a place to hide, are stymied by the appearance of a a very angry radiant gun-armed warrior and her displacer beast pet.


The party tries to run at first and leaves their figurine of wondrous power, the ruby bear, fighting the displacer beast. The bear, unfortunately, is killed, and the warrior waits in ambush in a storeroom. She's tough, but she isn't tough enough to take the full onslaught of the party, particularly after her already-wounded pet is dispatched. At this point, though, the party is low on healing, and have exhausted most of their spells. In the assets column, however, they have gained two energy weapons and three temple access rings.

Waylon the Frogling discovers a secret door, just as they hear more voices in the nave outside. The part descends into the levels beneath the temple. Most rooms here are vacant--the owners appear to be out looking for the party, giving our heroes time to loot the cultists' rooms. They avoid a few soldiers on cleanup duty in the mess hall, but then run into a couple of monks and their acolytes in a study hall.

Threats with energy guns don't dissuade these fanatics, but they sure help put them down quickly. With their teacher's dead, the acolytes surrender--though they are just as fanatical and don't seem trustworthy. Still, when they let slip the existence of a route to a loading dock outside the temple, the party forces them to reveal its location.

TO BE CONTINUED...

5 comments:

Billy Longino said...

Are there any plans for future Azurth books?

Trey said...

There are! There is another Azurth Digedt being slowly worked on, and another adventure, The Cloud Castle of Azurth.

Gus L said...

Which Frog Temple are you running? I can think of two of note that have been published and ray guns make me think of the ancient classic one - but I am open to the idea of a uniquely Azuth Frog Fane.

Gus L said...

Which Frog Temple are you running?

I can think of a new school one and a very very old school one. The rayguns make me suspect it's the second, but I'm also open to the idea of a unique Azuth based Frog Fane.

Trey said...

Yeah, it's the 80s module, modified a bit.